Uncle Tom's Cabin, which also goes by the name Life Among the Lowly is a novel that promotes anti-slavery. It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was published in 1852. The novel was said to help lay the groundwork for the Civil War, when the Northern and Southern states disagreed on whether or not slavery should be legal in the United States.
The novel, which depicts the realities of slavery, tells the story of an African-American man named Tom. Tom is sold by his master,
Arthur Shelby, who is facing the loss of his farm due to debt. Throughout the story, Tom faces many struggles and hardships that can be associated with slavery at that time. This includes being treated unfairly, such as being moved from place to place without a say. However, he was projected by Stowe as a Christian slave with noble values, even standing up for his beliefs against his enemies. This made him an invaluable character in the eyes of slavery abolitionists, because he showed both the grief associated with slavery, as well as dignity that all people, no matter their race, possess.
The literary work, Uncle Tom's Cabin is written strictly for the purpose of showing the evil and immortality of slavery of slavery. The horrors that come with slavery can especially be seen through the separation families faced, which truly tainted the rest of the lives of slaves. Stowe meant this novel to be a message to the United States, in order to show them that only they had the moral authority to save the country from horrors of slavery. This brought new perspective to the people living in the Northern states, who could see the dangers and destructiveness that slavery was bringing to their new country, and so thus the Civil War was inspired.
The novel, which depicts the realities of slavery, tells the story of an African-American man named Tom. Tom is sold by his master,
Arthur Shelby, who is facing the loss of his farm due to debt. Throughout the story, Tom faces many struggles and hardships that can be associated with slavery at that time. This includes being treated unfairly, such as being moved from place to place without a say. However, he was projected by Stowe as a Christian slave with noble values, even standing up for his beliefs against his enemies. This made him an invaluable character in the eyes of slavery abolitionists, because he showed both the grief associated with slavery, as well as dignity that all people, no matter their race, possess.
The literary work, Uncle Tom's Cabin is written strictly for the purpose of showing the evil and immortality of slavery of slavery. The horrors that come with slavery can especially be seen through the separation families faced, which truly tainted the rest of the lives of slaves. Stowe meant this novel to be a message to the United States, in order to show them that only they had the moral authority to save the country from horrors of slavery. This brought new perspective to the people living in the Northern states, who could see the dangers and destructiveness that slavery was bringing to their new country, and so thus the Civil War was inspired.